Friday-Saturday: Mike Flanigin Trio with Jimmie Vaughan & George Rains at C-Boy’s. You could say it’s from the sublime to the ridiculous, the way that these guys are going from gigs at Madison Square Garden and the Los Angeles Forum last week (opening for Eric Clapton) to playing a 100-odd-capacity South Austin club this weekend. But this has been home base for the trio for a while now, so much so that they have a new album out on an overseas label that was recorded right here at C-Boy’s. $15. 10:30 p.m. 2008 Congress Ave. cboys.com. — P.B.

Saturday: Roger McGuinn at Paramount Theatre. Now 75, Byrds founder McGuinn is an elder statesman of rock’s golden age, and he’s especially important for mixing in folk and country influences and helping to lay some of the foundational stones for what became Americana. He’s played rooms large and small in Austin over the decades, but the century-old Paramount is fitting for such a historically important figure. $20-$40. 8 p.m. 713 Congress Ave. austintheatre.org. — P.B.

Saturday: Descendents at Stubb’s outdoor. The influential punk band released their first new music in 12 years, 2016’s “Hypercaffium Spazzinate,” more than 30 years after their debut album, “Milo Goes to College,” dropped in 1982. These days, the band members are scattered across the country, and they wrote the album remotely over a three-year period, taking their time to develop a tightly wound collection of hard-driving, lyrically incisive blasts of blistering noise. Riverboat Gamblers open. $30 advance. 7 p.m. doors. 801 Red River St. stubbsaustin.com. — D.S.S.

Saturday-Sunday: Fall Pecan Street Festival on Sixth Street. The biannual art and music festival takes over Sixth Street for its 37th fall edition. The event features free music on several stages, and the lineup includes Louisiana act Royal Teeth and rising blues artist Jackie Venson, back from a couple summer stints supporting Gary Clark Jr. on tour. The Peligrosa DJ collective, who are celebrating 10 years fusing hip-hop funk and Latin sounds this fall, will make an appearance alongside local acts such as Moving Panoramas, Kay Odyssey and Kiko Villamizar. Free. Full schedule at pecanstreetfestival.org. — D.S.S.

Tuesday: Zola Jesus at North Door. “Okovi,” the latest from Nicole Hummel, the 28-year-old industrial electropop artist known as Zola Jesus, reverberates with an ache of unease. She wrote it while trying to pull herself out of a deep depression, and it unfolds as a breathless tumble through an ominous soundscape, alternately agonizing and cathartically beautiful. John Weise opens. $15. 8 p.m. doors. 502 Brushy St. ndvenue.com. — D.S.S.

Wednesday: Arcade Fire at Erwin Center. The sprawling art-rock outfit from Montreal has a new album, “Everything Now,” the long-anticipated follow-up to 2013’s “Reflektor,” that dropped in July. The band is known for supplementing their stage shows with strong visual elements. On the “Reflektor” tour, giant bobble head figures representing then-president Obama and then-governor Rick Perry roamed the stage, making it likely that we’ll see some sort of reference to the current administration. Last time, the band asked attendees to wear costumes or formal wear and fans complied, giving the show a celebratory feeling of misfit prom. After blowback over a “dress code” requesting “hip and trendy” club wear for their release party in Brooklyn this summer, the band has said you can “wear whatever you want to any show.” Wolf Parade opens. $26-$75. 7:30 p.m. 1701 Red River St. uterwincenter.com. — D.S.S.

Thursday: Radney Foster at Stateside at the Paramount. A native of Del Rio, Foster migrated to Nashville and first rose to prominence in the 1980s with the duo Foster & Lloyd before issuing a string of acclaimed solo records. Along the way he became an oft-covered songwriter as well, with the Dixie Chicks among those who took his tunes to greater heights. This show celebrates the release of a dual album and book project, “For You to See the Stars.” $22-$32. 8 p.m. 719 Congress Ave. austintheatre.org. (Foster also will be at BookPeople at 7 p.m. Wednesday for a speaking and signing event; 603 N. Lamar Blvd., bookpeople.com.) — P.B.

Thursday: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 at the Mohawk. Kuti, the youngest son of the legendary afro-beat pioneer Fela Kuti, began performing in his father’s ensemble, Egypt 80, as a child. When his father died, Seun was only 14, but he took the helm. Twenty years later, he still leads the ensemble that includes many of his father’s collaborators. He has evolved his father’s vision of political activism and vibrant reimagination of African music for the modern era. Hard Proof opens. $20. Doors at 7 p.m. 912 Red River St. mohawkaustin.com — D.S.S.